The beginning of independence
One thing that’s oddly both refreshing and disturbing about young kids is their selective truth filter. On one occasion one of my sons cut off another kid on the way to the water fountain, right in front of mom. When she said his name, the beginning of the...What is your kids’ superpower?
Growing up watching the likes of Batman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman (what was his skill set again?), and the rest of the Justice League, plus Spiderman and the Fantastic Four, we all dreamed of having superpowers. We actually do – and so do our kids. We just...Movies end where love begins
The lovers smile and embrace, the dog runs to them eagerly and they all turn and watch the sunset, ‘and they lived happily ever after.’ Yea, whatever. The problem with every movie is that the movie ends where love begins. Even the movies like “Hall...If a Holocaust/concentration camp prisoner can find meaning in their day, can you?
In his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, author Victor Frankl talks about how some victims of the Holocaust were able to find meaning in their lives. Frankl’s book is now very well known, as is his strategy for surviving one of the worst travesties in the...Why do we call it the rat race?
Many of us are raised with the notion that we should work, and work, and work so that we can achieve, achieve and achieve, because once we achieve, we will be happy. This is the rat race. At some point along the way we were sold a bill of goods that if said, if we go...Why do we think we’re so damn special?
Our brains also look for patterns and connections – people who are good at recognizing patterns can be successful in many endeavors – those who cannot, tend to repeat the same mistakes over and over, and wonder why they do that. Ever hear the...Take the fall, fake injury, get indignant!
Remember the movie The Mighty Ducks? There is a scene in the movie when the lead character played by Emilio Estevez decided that the only way to win was to have his team fake penalties and injuries. The team battle cry became take the fall, fake the injury, get...WTF
Okay, well DiSalvo talks about the “what the hell,” effect but WTF is a stronger hook. Ever been out to dinner with people, maybe a business luncheon or dinner, and despite your best intentions to stay with your diet, you end up eating everything you can...Monkey See Monkey Do
When I was about nine or ten years old, I had just finished cleaning my room. It looked so good it could have passed inspection by R. Lee Ermey himself (this is my bedroom, there are many like it, but this one is mine. . . ). Well, shortly after the great cleanup, I...
